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Historical Event on 1/1/1874

The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
9/4/1993New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.